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Mr. Bette is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, Inc. He retired fromMcKinsey's Chicago office in October 2010 after more than 28 years. His practicefocused on serving leading global institutions in multi-year relationships. He worked withsenior teams of technology-based companies in telecommunications, IT and healthcareindustries. He served his clients on some of their most important topics ranging fromdeveloping product market strategies, functional performance improvement programs totransforming entire organizations. He has also worked extensively with new entrants andprivate equity investors in these dynamic spaces.

At McKinsey Mr. Bette held a range of internal leadership roles. He was one of the cofoundersof McKinsey's global Telecommunication practice and served as the leaders ofits North American telecommunication practice for many years.

Since his retirement Mr. Bette has been active as an advisor to several of his formerclients, including some global private equity and alternative investment firms. He serveson the board of several of their portfolio companies He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at theDepartment of Management, Organization and Strategy at the Kellogg School ofManagement at Northwestern University. Since 2008, he has taught a course onmanaging in professional service firms and more recently on problem solving. Mr. Bettehas been committed to helping non-profit organizations for more than 25 years and evenin retirement continues to serve as a board member of non-profits institutions.

Mr. Bette holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, a Doctorate in Mathematicsfrom the University of Duisburg, Germany. He graduated from the University ofDortmund, Germany with a degree in Mathematics and studied at the Universite Pierre etMarie Curie, Paris with post graduate scholarships from the French and Germangovernments.

In this course, students discover what it takes to be an effective and successful professional, leading up to crafting a personal plan to kick-start his or her career. The class, which explores many of the topics executives face in a broad spectrum of leading institutions, is designed primarily for students who plan to join professional service firms, although it provides valuable insights for anyone who will engage with service firms in their careers.

The course is built around two modules: 1) common issues across professional service firms such as knowledge management, people management and the concept of "trusted adviser," and 2) differences in the context of these institutions, specifically consulting, private equity, asset management and talent management. The format is designed to identify implications for the individual student, building on case discussions and personal reflections of leaders (CEOs or senior executives) of prominent institutions who will be present for parts of each class.